The Directorate of
Criminal Investigations has confirmed the arrest of former prisons officer
Jackson Kuria Kihara, alias Cop Shakur and former KDF officer Patrick Nyambaka
Osoi.
In a statement on
Wednesday, DCI said it was investigating the two for alleged terror links. Cop Shakur
was arrested after Osoi.
“In a related
development, Jackson Kuria Kihara, alias Cop Shakur, was also arrested in
Kahawa West in connection with the same offences,” DCI said.
DCI alleged that at the
time of arrest, he was found in possession of a red beret bearing the ‘FBI’
symbol.
Cop Shakur will be
arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts on Thursday, July 2025.
“Detectives have arrested
Patrick Nyambaka Osoi, a founding member of the Fighting Brutality and Impunity
movement (FBI), during a well-coordinated operation along Lang’ata Road,” DCI
said.
Following the arrest,
Osoi was then arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts, where he faced charges under
the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, and for allegedly being in possession of
a firearm, among other offences.
He is currently being held at Muthaiga Police Station, pending a court ruling on custodial orders scheduled for Thursday.
In video posted on his X account, Cop Shakur saying “they
want to arrest me. I’m here at Kahawa Law Courts nimekuja kotini to stand with
my friend. The only thing I’m having here is my flag”.
As he spoke, he waved his Kenyan flag. Two men in
suits were standing by his car, with one holding a badge as he requested them
to identify himself.
He then enquired of the reason of his arrest but the
rest of the video is inaudible before it is cut off.
Cop Shakur rose to prominence during the 2024
anti-finance bill protests for his outspoken stance against government
policies.
During the last year’s protests, he joined Gen Zs in
the streets with placards bearing anti-Ruto slogans, which resulted to salary
deduction.
Nearly a year later, he took to social media in May to
claim that he had been dismissed from the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS).
This, however, did not deter him from standing for his beliefs.
